Innocent Bahati
Poet and teacher Innocent Bahati disappeared in 2021 after meeting an unknown person at a hotel in Nyanza district. Shortly after the disappearance, the Rwandan Secretary of State asked… More
Paul Rusesabagina
Rusesabagina is the author of An Ordinary Man, an autobiography of his life as a hotel manager during the Rwandan genocide. He was detained in August 2020 when boarding… More
PEN America Says Rwanda’s Rusesabagina Denied Fair Trial
A court in Rwanda Monday found Paul Rusesabagina guilty of forming and funding a terrorist group. More
PEN America Gravely Concerned Over Rwanda’s Treatment of Paul Rusesabagina
PEN America is alarmed by recent reports regarding the trial and mistreatment in detention of Paul Rusesabagina. More
Kitzito Mihigo
A musician, Mihigo was arrested and sentenced to 10 years in prison for allegedly plotting to kill President Paul Kagame and for inciting hate against the government. He was… More
Long Prison Sentences for Two Journalists
PEN International protests the February 4, 2011 conviction and imprisonment of Umurabyo editor Agnes Uwimana and reporter Saidati Mukakibibi, for articles they published criticizing President Paul Kagame ahead of… More
Newspaper Editor Murdered
International PEN protests in the strongest possible terms the murder of Jean Leonard Rugambage, deputy editor of the banned newspaper Umuvugizi, who was shot dead outside his home on… More
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